Travers Stakes | Will Take Charge holds off Moreno to pull off 9-1 upset

8:53 PM,
Aug. 24, 2013

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D. Wayne Lukas, who turns 78 next week, pulled off his magic again - and with the colt many considered the Hall of Fame trainer's second string as 9-1 Will Take Charge lunged past front-running 31-1 Moreno on the final stride of Saturday's $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

"I felt all along there were five or six horses in here that would be deserving, no matter who won," said Lukas, who last had a Travers starter in 2002, after the triumph of Will Take Charge by a nose before 47,597. "We felt ours was one of them. When you get those big, long-striding horses that are making that growth ...